Due to the cancellation of the DH at Grouse Mtn, the organizers have decided to add some amateur XC events to the weekend schedule. On Saturday July 6th, Senior Expert and Master Expert (men & women) category riders can race on the same course as the World Cup riders. The full revised schedule is available Here. In brief, the amateur races will be at 11am onSaturday with the main event of the day, World Cup women at 2pm.

A hot new event will also be added to the weekend program, Mountain Running. The race will be held on Saturday morning at 9:30am.

Online registration for these events will be available soon at Canadian Cyclist.

Join the Gastown Volunteer Team Courtesy Jonathan Wornell

Get Close to the Action

BC's biggest one-day bike race is back on Wednesday, July 17th.

Join the Steamworks Tour de Gastown team and be part of the action.

If you're free in the day or evening of July 17th, call Jonathan Wornell (604-836-9993) or Tatiana Micenko (604-215-0306), or e-mail volunteers@city.whiterock.bc.ca today.

For helping us bring back this great race, you'll get:

 a tasty dinner provided by the world-famous Old Spaghetti Factory a beautiful commemorative t-shirt featuring the 2002 Steamworks Tour de Gastown race poster and of course, a front row view of North America's top riders racing through Gastown for more than $10,000 in cash